Echinodermata

She phylum dy veiyn marrey eh Echinodermata.  Te'n ennym ass y Çhenn Ghreagish, ἐχινόδερμα (echinóderma), "crackan jialgagh".  Shen ἐχῖνος (echínos), "arkan sonney; kione kiyt" as δέρμα (dérma), "crackan".

Ta co-chrooaght lieh-chrantessenagh oc, as shen queig-filley dy cadjin.  Ta deill as cucowryn marrey nyn echinodermyn.  T'ad cummal er feie ny marrey, voish y chryss eddyr-tidee dys y chryss harvaalagh.

Ta mysh 7000 dooie 'sy phylum.   Myr shen, she nah phossan smoo Deuterostomia t'ayn, lurg Chordata.  She y smoo phylum t'ayn gyn dooie erbee ta cummal ayns ushtey millish ny er yn thalloo.

Ta scansh bea-oaylleeagh as creg-oaylleeagh oc.  Ta pooar aaghiennagh yindyssagh oc, do nod ad aa-aase stoo kirpey, organeyn, cass, ny eer aachroo ad hene dy slane jeh cass ynrican.  Ta ushylee vesodermagh chraueagh Echinodermata cadjin dy liooar ayns clagh eayil, as ta fys ry-gheddyn assdaue er y çhymbyllaght chreg-oaylleeagh v'ayn.

Rang-oardraghey
Ta daa aarheynn mooar ayn: Eleutherosoa gleashagh, shen Asteroidea (crossagyn marrey), Ophiuroidea (crossagyn brishlag), Echinoidea (king kiyt) as Holothuroidea (cocowryn marrey); as Pelmatosoa soit, shen crinoidee, Blastosoa anvio, as Paracrinoidea anvio.  Ta shiartanse dy chrinoidee gleashagh, gyn scansh da'n rang-oardraghey shen.

Hooar ad rang Eleutherosoa noa ayns 1986, as tree dooie echey: shen Concentricycloidea ("neaynin marrey").  Hug ad eh mastey Asteroidea fy-yerrey. Ta dooieyn elley ry-gheddyn 'sy recortys fossylagh nagh by ayns  dy baghtal.

Imraaghyn

 Kianglaghyn çheumooie 

 The Echinoid Directory ec y Natural History Museum Goaldagh.
 Echinodermata ec Tree of Life Web Project.
 Echinodermyn Mooir Hostyn
 Fys er Laarvaghyn Echinodermata